Blackwater headlines last year when four of its contractors [?] in Fallujah. Their deaths [?] attention to the high-risk contracting business and the people it attracts.
By all accounts, Scott Helvenston, who [?] Blackwater in March of 2004, [?] well [?] for security work. He [?] a Navy SEAL instructor and [?] a world-class athlete. He had earned the nickname "Scotty Bod." But Helvenston [?] on hard times. He was in debt. He and his wife, Trisha, [?] just [?] by, selling a line of exercise videos.
JAY PRICE, Raleigh News & Observer: Scotty [?] mainly financial problems. His video business [?] financially. He's got two kids he's got to provide for. And at one point, they [?] in a small trailer on a campground, and you know, Mr. SEAL, Mr. Scotty Bod, is essentially a security guard in the campground. That [?]n't have gone over well.
ED TWYFORD, Friend: I mean, that a big impetus for him to go, from a financial standpoint. I mean, he [?] me one time, "If I can go over there and get a chance to make a name for myself, it'll be high-profile position, I'll be standing right in front of Paul Bremer for 60 days. And also, the financial rewards. Just think what I can provide for my kids." You know, he never [?], "Hey, when I come back, I'm going to buy a new Suburban." You know, that n't the deal.
KATY HELVENSTON, Mother: He [?] to be back home in two months. He [?] to leave his kids. And so he , "OK, Mom, I'm going to go over there for two months. I can make some good money." And that the deciding factor. When you've been in Special Forces for 13, 14 years, you're trained to do one thing, and there's not a whole lot of jobs out there for people trained to kill. There really aren't. What are you going to do?